Legal Opinion
McInnis v. Duncan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 12, 2012No. 11-3685PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Per curiam
Gregory Mclnnis, a law-school graduate who has never been licensed to practice, filed a pro se complaint accusing his employer, the Department of Education, of violating federal law by passing him over for promotion and giving him a performance appraisal that he says is both inaccurate and incomplete. But after he had failed for a second time to attend a scheduled hearing, the district court dismissed the suit for failure to prosecute. We conclude that dismissal was not an abuse of discretion; the district court reasonably could have found Mclnnis’ conduct serious enough to warrant dismissal,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Gregory C. Jones, for the Estate of Barbara S. McEwen v. Sandra Lee Phipps, A/K/A Sandra R. PhippsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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